Shloka 10
कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court
प्रामथ्नाद्धास्तिनपुरं वातो दक्षिणपश्चिम: । आरुजन् गणशो वृक्षान् परुषो5शनिनि:स्वन:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: prāmathnād dhāstinapuraṃ vāto dakṣiṇa-paścimaḥ | ārujan gaṇaśo vṛkṣān paruṣo 'śaniniḥsvanaḥ ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana dijo: Un viento áspero del suroeste comenzó a sacudir Hastināpura. Quebró y arrancó de raíz árboles en racimos, y se alzó un estrépito feroz como el golpe de un rayo—tales presagios funestos ocurrían en torno a Hastināpura.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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The verse highlights the Mahābhārata motif that moral and political disorder (adharma) is mirrored by disturbances in nature. Such portents function as warnings: when leaders ignore counsel and righteousness, the world itself seems to signal impending calamity.
As events move toward the great conflict, ominous signs appear around Hastināpura. A violent south-west wind shakes the city, breaks trees in groups, and produces a thunderbolt-like roar—an atmospheric portent foreshadowing turmoil for the Kuru realm.